Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Courtesy Lev Haolam Lev Haolam distributes Judea and Samaria communities’ products worldwide A Dutch Member of Parliament has submitted a motion to the European Union (EU) challenging its highest court’s ruling which mandates that Israeli products coming from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights must be labeled as coming from “settlements” […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Dating Coach, I grew up in a non-religious home, but I have been frum for two years now. I recently became engaged to a wonderful girl, but my parents are very unhappy. Our engagement seems to solidify my new religious differences for them, and they want nothing to do with […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Twitter’s political ad ban will go into effect at the end of the week. It was a controversial decision, and is in direct contrast to Facebook’s political advertising policy, which allows politicians to run political ads, even if they contain false or misleading information. In a tweet, Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press / 123rf.com Is observing Thanksgiving in some manner praiseworthy or wrong (or neither)? Rabbi Marc D. Angel Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); President George Washington proclaimed Thursday, November 26, 1789, as a day of national thanksgiving to G-d for enabling […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90 Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset, September 9, 2019. On Wednesday evening, Blue and White party chairperson Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form a new Israeli government to President Reuven Rivlin, acknowledging that he had failed to build a majority coalition. Israeli Elections 3.0 in the Wings? […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Luis Martins de Souza-Dantas was a Brazilian diplomat who illegally granted Brazilian diplomatic visas to Jews in Vichy France during the Holocaust, saving a confirmed 425 Jews – and at least 400 other “undesirables,” including communists and homosexuals – from certain death. Besides issuing visas, he regularly intervened with local and […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90 Blue and White leader Benny Gantz takes the Knesset podium following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 10, 2019. Government minister Ze’ev Elkin said Wednesday in an interview with Israel’s Kann public broadcasting network that the Blue and White party is not “prepared” to allow Benjamin Netanyahu to take […]

[embedded content] IDF fighter jets overnight Wednesday hit dozens of military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds force and the Syrian army, the IDF Spokesperson reported. The targets included air-to-ground missiles, headquarters, weapons warehouses and military bases, all in Syrian territory. Targets hit by the IDF overnight Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 / IDF At least […]

Photo Credit: courtesy, Hatzolah A line of Hatzolah ambulances. (file) An Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed multiple times in Monsey while walking to synagogue at around 5:40 am Wednesday morning. The man, who was discovered lying on the ground bleeding, told members of the Rockland Hatzolah emergency response service what happened to him before he […]

Photo Credit: IDF Flickr CC Hezbollah rocket launcher uncovered by IDF in southern Lebanon {Originally posted to the BESA website} PM Benjamin Netanyahu recently warned of new threats that necessitate immediate emergency measures, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi has made similar warnings. Yet some claim this is fear-mongering for political purposes. […]